The order of precedence of the Republic of India is a list in which the functionaries, dignitaries and officials are listed for ceremonial purposes and has no legal standing and does not reflect the Indian presidential line of succession or the co-equal status of the separation of powers under the Constitution of India. The order is established by the President of India, through the President's Secretariat and is maintained by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
The order in the Table of Precedence is meant for State and Ceremonial occasions and has no application in the day-to-day business of Government.
Order of Precedence
editIf there are multiple persons of similar rank, then they will be listed in alphabetical order. The order of precedence between themselves is determined by the date of entry into that position/rank.[1][2]
| Rank | Position | Current office holder(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | President | Droupadi Murmu |
| 2 | Vice President | vacant |
| 3 | Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| 4 | Governors (within their respective states) | List of governors |
| 5 | Living former presidents | |
| 5A | Deputy Prime Minister | vacant |
| 6 | Chief Justice of India | Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai |
| Speaker of the Lok Sabha | Om Birla | |
| 7 | Union cabinet ministers | List of union cabinet ministers |
| Chief ministers (within their respective states) | List of chief ministers | |
| Living former prime ministers | H. D. Deve Gowda | |
| Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister[3] | ||
| National Security Advisor[4] | Ajit Doval | |
| Vice Chairperson of the NITI Aayog | Suman Bery | |
| Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha | Mallikarjun Kharge | |
| Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha | Rahul Gandhi | |
| 7A[5] | Living recipients of the Bharat Ratna | |
| 8 | Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary and high commissioners of the Commonwealth countries accredited to India | List of ambassadors and high commissioners |
| Governors (outside their respective states) | List of governors | |
| Chief ministers (outside their respective states) | List of chief ministers | |
| 9 | Judges of the Supreme Court | List of judges of the Supreme Court |
| 9A[5] | Chairperson of the Union Public Service Commission | Ajay Kumar |
| Chief Election Commissioner | Gyanesh Kumar | |
| Comptroller and Auditor General | K. Sanjay Murthy | |
| 10 | Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha | Harivansh Narayan Singh |
| Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha | vacant | |
| Union ministers of state (independent charge) | List of ministers of state (independent charge) | |
| Deputy chief ministers (within their respective states) | List of deputy chief ministers | |
| Members of the NITI Aayog | List of NITI Aayog members | |
| 11 | Lieutenant governors (within their respective union territories) | List of lieutenant governors |
| Cabinet Secretary | T. V. Somanathan | |
| Attorney General | R. Venkataramani | |
| Principal Scientific Adviser | Ajay K. Sood | |
| 12 | Chiefs of staff holding the rank of General or equivalent rank (four-star rank officers in the armed forces) | |
| Chief of Defence Staff | General Anil Chauhan | |
| Chief of the Army Staff | General Upendra Dwivedi | |
| Chief of the Air Staff | Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh | |
| Chief of the Naval Staff | Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi | |
| 13 | Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary accredited to India | various |
| 14 | Chief justices of high courts (within their respective jurisdictions) | List of chief justices |
| State legislative speakers and chairpersons (within their respective states) | List of state legislative speakers and chairpersons | |
| 15 | Union ministers of state | List of union ministers of state |
| Union territory chief ministers (within their respective union territories) | List of chief ministers | |
| Deputy chief ministers (outside their respective states) | List of deputy chief ministers | |
| State cabinet ministers (within their respective states) | various | |
| 16 | Officiating chiefs of staff holding the rank of Lieutenant General or equivalent rank (three-star rank) officers in the armed forces | vacant |
| 17 | Chief justices of high courts (outside their respective jurisdictions) | List of chief justices of high courts |
| Judges of high courts (within their respective jurisdictions) | List of judges of high courts | |
| Chairperson of the Central Administrative Tribunal | Ranjit Vasantrao More | |
| Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission | V. Ramasubramanian | |
| Chairperson of the National Commission for Women | Vijaya Kishore Rahatkar | |
| Chairperson of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights | Priyank Kanoongo | |
| Chairperson of the National Commission for Minorities | Iqbal Singh Lalpura | |
| Chairperson of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes[5] | Kishor Makwana | |
| Chairperson of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes[5] | Antar Singh Arya | |
| Chairperson of the National Commission for Backward Classes[5] | Hansraj Gangaram Ahir | |
| Chief Vigilance Commissioner | Praveen Kumar Srivastava | |
| 18 | State cabinet ministers (outside their respective states) | various |
| State legislative speakers and chairpersons (outside their respective states) | List of state legislative speakers and chairpersons | |
| Chairperson of the Competition Commission | Ravneet Kaur | |
| Union territory legislative speakers (within their respective union territories) | List of legislative speakers | |
| State legislative deputy speakers and deputy chairpersons (within their respective states) | various | |
| State ministers of state (within their respective states) | various | |
| Union territory ministers (within their respective union territories) | various | |
| 19 | Union territory legislative speakers (outside their respective union territories) | various |
| Administrators (within their respective union territories) | List of administrators | |
| State deputy ministers (within their respective states) | various | |
| 20 | State legislative deputy speakers and deputy chairpersons (outside their respective states) | various |
| State ministers of state (outside their respective state) | various | |
| Judges of high courts (outside their respective jurisdictions) | List of judges of high courts | |
| 21 | Members of Parliament | |
| Members of Rajya Sabha | List of Rajya Sabha members | |
| Members of Lok Sabha | List of Lok Sabha members | |
| 22 | State deputy ministers (outside their respective states) | various |
| 23 | Secretaries to the union government[a] | various |
| Senior three-star rank officers in the armed forces who are in the C-in-C (Commanding-in-Chief) grade or vice chiefs of staff, holding the rank of Lieutenant General or equivalent rank | ||
| Vice Chief of the Army Staff | Lieutenant General N. S. Raja Subramani | |
| Army commanders (General officers commanding-in-chief) | List of army commanders | |
| Vice Chief of the Air Staff | Air Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari | |
| Air commanders (Air officers commanding-in-chief) | List of air commanders | |
| Vice Chief of the Naval Staff | Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan | |
| Naval commanders (Flag officers commanding-in-chief) | List of naval commanders | |
| Secretary to the President | Rajesh Verma | |
| Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha | Pramod Chandra Mody | |
| Secretary General of the Lok Sabha | Utpal Kumar Singh | |
| Chief secretaries to state/union territory governments (within their respective states) | various | |
| District and Session Judge and judicial officers of equivalent rank. | various | |
| State chairpersons, State Commission for Human Rights | various | |
| State chairpersons, State Commission for Women | various | |
| State chairpersons, State Commission for Child Rights | various | |
| State chairpersons, State Commission for Minorities | various | |
| State chairpersons, State Commission for Scheduled Castes | various | |
| State chairpersons, State Commission for Scheduled Tribes | various | |
| State chairpersons, State Commission for Backward Class | various | |
| Members of the National Human Rights Commission | various | |
| Members of the National Commission for Women | various | |
| Members of the National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights | various | |
| Members of the National Commission for Minorities | various | |
| Members of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes | various | |
| Members of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes | various | |
| Members of the National Commission for Backward Classes | various | |
| Solicitor General | Tushar Mehta | |
| Vice Chairperson of the Central Administrative Tribunal | ||
| 24 | Lieutenant generals of the Indian Army | List of lieutenant generals |
| Vice admirals of the Indian Navy | List of vice admirals | |
| Air marshals of the Indian Air Force | List of air marshals | |
| 25 | ||
| Chargé d' affaires and acting high commissioners a pied and ad. interim. | various | |
| Lieutenant governors (outside their respective union territories) | List of lieutenant governors | |
| Union territory chief ministers (outside their respective union territories) | List of chief ministers | |
| Chief secretaries (outside their respective states/union territories) | various | |
| Additional secretaries to the union government | various | |
| Additional District and Session Judge and judicial officers of equivalent rank. | various | |
| Director of the Intelligence Bureau | Tapan Deka | |
| Directors general of police of various State police forces. | various | |
| Directors general of Central Armed Police Forces (AR, BSF, CISF, CRPF, ITBP, NSG, and SSB) | various | |
| Directors general and Directors of various forces and organisations under the union government (i.e. AAIB, BPRD, NCRB, NDRF etc.) | various | |
| Directors of various Security and investigative agencies (i.e. CBI, ED, NCB, NIA etc.) | various | |
| two-star rank principal staff officers of the armed forces of the rank of Major General or equivalent rank (i.e. Rear Admiral and Air Vice Marshal) | various | |
| Additional solicitors general | various | |
| Advocates general | various | |
| Deputy comptrollers and auditors general | various | |
| Union territory legislative deputy speakers (outside their respective union territories) | various | |
| Union territory ministers (outside their respective union territories) | various | |
| Members of the Central Administrative Tribunal | various | |
| Members of the Competition Commission | various | |
| Members of the Union Public Service Commission | various | |
| State members, State Public Service Commission.[6] | various | |
| 26 | Joint secretaries to the union government and officers of equivalent rank. | various |
| Officers of the rank of Major General or equivalent rank. | various | |
Notes
edit- ^ In official functions held at New Delhi, Army commanders/Vice Chief of the Army Staff or equivalent in other services will always rank after secretaries to the union government.
References
edit- ^ "President's Secretariat" (PDF). Office of the President of India. Rajya Sabha. 26 August 1979. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- ^ "Table of Precedence (Updated)" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- ^ "Government gives cabinet rank, extension to Nripendra Misra and PK Mishra". The Economic Times. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ^ Roche, Elizabeth (3 June 2019). "Ajit Doval to stay as NSA, gets cabinet rank with 5-year term". mint. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ a b c d e "Ministry of Home". Archived from the original on 28 April 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- ^ "Order of Precedence | GAD".
See also
editExternal links
edit- Order of Precedence of India MHA, India